and no, before you ask, I have not discovered fake tan! I have been put with my camera today looking for stunning flowers for a talk that I am working on for Ladies Luncheon Clubs. I was looking for plants that passed the WOW! test, and so headed out to Harlow Carr Gardens at Harrogate.…
I am taking advantage of the dull start to the day to go through some of my plant photographs to update my talk on Great Gardens. The problem is that there are so many different gardens to choose from! However looking through some of my photos from Keukenhof, I am shocked to discover it is…
That is of course Fremontedendron Tequila Sunrise (although the other type of Tequila Sunrise is perfectly acceptable as well) It was bred at Junkers Nursery where they crossed a rich orange form of Fremontodendron californicum with the large flowered bright yellow Fremontodendron ‘Pacific Sunset’ to produce “Tequila Sunrise” The result is a wonderful plant with distinctly orange coloured flowers. Given…